Category: Theory

  • Capitalism in the Classroom

    Toronto — 4 April 2014. View on www.slideshare.net Opening remarks by Carlo Fanelli. Keynote presentation by: Dr. James L. Turk, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers: “The … Watch video »

  • The Left and the European Union

    On the Need for an Anti-Euro and Anti-EU Position What has been happening in Greece, since the beginning of the austerity packages in 2010 can only be described in terms of … Keep reading »

  • Left Alternatives to Social Democracy

    Toronto — 16 March 2014. Moderated by Abbie Bakan. Presentations by: Leo Panitch is member of the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly, is Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and … Watch video »

  • Contra the Blasé Wisdom of Sober Old Men

    “When great hopes have lead in their wings,” writes the French revolutionary Daniel Bensaïd, “little ones spring up like mushrooms on the ground, in everyday resistance and miniscule conspiracies” (6). … Keep reading »

  • Underestimating Capital, Overestimating Labour

    A Response to Andrew Kliman What caused the 2008 economic crisis? In an article published earlier this year, political economist Sam Gindin explained it “primarily as a financial crisis.” Writing for … Keep reading »

  • History and Crisis of the Left

    Vancouver — 2 November 2013. This presentation was part of the 2013 World Peace Forum in Vancouver. Video from other workshops can be found on pasifik.ca website. Gary Cristall, one … Watch video »

  • The Rise of Finance

    Toronto — 6 December 2013. Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies – session 5: What role for unions and pension funds? One of the emerging features of the neoliberal landscape has … Watch video »

  • Anarcho-Syndicalism

    Toronto — 22 December 2013. A discussion with Taodhg (AKA Tim) Burns and Marc Young about the politics of Anarcho-Syndicalism, its history, and modern application. Taodhg (AKA Tim) Burns is … Watch video »

  • Which Way to the Winter Palace, Please?

    Transnational Echoes and Blocked Transformations Triggered by the Arab Spring (LuXemburg 1/2011), a series of transnational movements, such as the Indignants and Occupy Wall Street, began gathering pace in 2011 in … Keep reading »

  • Puzzle or Misreading? Stagnation, Austerity and Left Politics

    That the many attempts to theorize the crisis of 2008, the deepest crisis since the Depression, have at best been inconclusive should not be all that surprising. After all, as … Keep reading »

  • Luxemburg, Lenin, Levi: Rethinking Revolutionary History

    Toronto — 14 December 2013. Moderated by Jackie Esmonde. Presentations by: John Riddell, editor of Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International. Paul Kellogg, … Watch video »

  • Launching the Socialist Register 2014: Registering Class

    The 50th volume of the Socialist Register is dedicated to the theme of ‘registering class’ in light of the spread and deepening of capitalist social relations around the globe. Today’s … Watch video »